How To Order A Coffee In English
In this lesson you will learn how to order a coffee in English. The most common meeting point for students, friends, business meetings and social gatherings is a coffee shop. If you love coffee as much as I do then probably you look forward to ordering your coffee every morning. In this lesson you will learn different English phrases to order your coffee.
Let’s Start!
1) The very first thing that you need to mention when you are ordering a coffee is the size of the cup you want.
The different terms used to order the size of the coffee cup are:
Small / Medium / Large
At certain coffee shops the terms used for the cup size are Tall / Grande / Venti
2) Types of coffee
Espresso – Coffee with no milk. It is brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans.
Latte – Coffee with steamed milk.
Cappuccino – Popular coffee with steamed milk and milf froth.
Frappuccino – Cold coffee with milk and ice.
Mochaccino – cappuccino coffee containing chocolate syrup or chocolate flavoring.
3) Type of milk
When ordering for your coffee you can also mention the type of milk you would like to have.
Low fat milk – also called as skimmed milk which contain only 2% of fat.
Whole milk – Milk from which no fat is removed
Organic – Milk that comes from the organic dairy farms
Soy milk – Plant milk which is produced from soaking the dry soybeans and grinding them in water.
4) Flavors and Toppings
If you would like to add some flavors to your coffee then you can mention that too. Different types of topping and flavors are :-
- Chocolate
- Caramel
- Hazelnut
- Vanilla
- Whipped cream
- Scoop of ice cream
Examples:
- “Could I have a tall, hot coffee”
- “I would like a large, iced Cappuccino“
